Edge-emitting light-emitting semiconductor device and method of manufacture thereof

ABSTRACT

A side-emission type semiconductor light-emitting device  10  includes a substrate  12,  and the substrate  12  is provided with a case  14  formed of a resin having opacity and reflectivity. The substrate  12  is formed, on its surface, with electrodes  18   a  and  18   b  onto which an LED chip  20  is bonded. A transparent or translucent resin  16  is charged between the substrate  12  and the case  14  whereby the LED chip  20  is molded. A light-emitting surface of the side-emission type semiconductor light-emitting device  10  includes surfaces  16   a,    16   b  and a surface opposite to the surface  16   b  which are formed of the transparent or translucent resin  16.  Furthermore, the light-emitting surface is formed by a roughened surface. Due to this, a light outputted from the LED chip and a light reflected from the case  14  is scattered by the light-emitting surface.

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present invention relates to a side-emission typesemiconductor light-emitting device and a manufacturing method thereof.More specifically, the present invention relates to a side-emission typesemiconductor light-emitting device in which an LED chip is bonded ontoan electrode on a substrate, and a manufacturing method thereof.

PRIOR ART

[0002] An example of this kind of a conventional side-emission typesemiconductor light-emitting device and a manufacturing method thereofis disclosed in a Japanese Patent Laying-open No.5-315651 [H01L 33/00]laid-open on Nov. 26, 1993. A side-emission type semiconductorlight-emitting device 1 manufactured in the disclosed manufacturingmethod is shown in FIG. 17(A). According to FIG. 17(A), an LED chip 43is bonded onto electrodes 42 a and 42 b formed on a substrate 42. Atransparent or translucent synthetic resin 44 is formed so as to coverthe LED chip 43. As can be understood from FIG. 17(B) of across-sectional view at a line XVIB-XVIB in FIG. 17(A), the transparentor translucent synthetic resin 44 has a smooth upper surface and a bulgetoward a light-emitting surface 45. Furthermore, a cover body 46 havinga concave portion into which the transparent or translucent syntheticresin 44 is fitted is formed so as to cover the transparent ortranslucent synthetic resin 44. The cover body 46 is formed of a resinhaving opacity and reflectivity, and a light emitted from the LED chip43 to the direction different from the light-emitting surface 45 isreflected by the cover body 46. Accordingly, the reflected light is alsooutputted from the light-emitting surface 45, and a light-emittingefficiency in the side surface direction is thus improved.

[0003] However, since in the above-described prior art a gold wire(bonding wire) 43 a for electrically connecting between the LED chip 43and the electrode 42 b is bonded in a vertical direction with respect tothe light-emitting surface 45, a length W in a width direction of thesemiconductor light-emitting device 1 is shorter than a length D in adepth direction thereof. Furthermore, the light-emitting surface 45 isformed on only a part of one side surface of the semiconductorlight-emitting device 1 and therefore a light-emitting area becomesnarrow. Due to this, when the semiconductor light-emitting device 1 isutilized as a backlight for a liquid crystal display (LCD) of electricalequipment such as a mobile phone and etc., there is a need to prevent anoccurrence of a so-called dark portion by providing a relatively largenumber of semiconductor light-emitting devices 1 on a light guide plate.

[0004] For avoiding this, the applicant of the present invention hasproposed a chip-type light-emitting device 51 as shown in FIG. 18(A) ina previous patent application No. 11-124410, i.e. Japanese PatentLaying-open No.2000-315825 laid-open on Nov. 14, 2000. According to FIG.18(A), a substrate 53 is formed with electrodes 53 a and 53 b, and anLED chip 55 is bonded onto the electrodes 53 a and 53 b. In other words,as can be understood from FIG. 18(B) of a cross-sectional view at a lineXVIIB-XVIIB in FIG. 18(A), the LED chip 55 is die-bonded onto theelectrode 53 a by a bonding paste (hereinafter referred merely to as “DBpaste”) 61 and is wire-bonded onto the electrode 53 b by a bonding wire55 a. A reflector (case) 57 formed of a resin having opacity andreflectivity is provided on the substrate 53 so as to enclose the LEDchip 55, and an opening portion formed by the substrate 53 and the case57 is filled with a transparent or translucent resin 59.

[0005] As can be understood from FIG. 18(B), the bonding wire 55 a isbonded in approximately parallel to a width direction of the chip-typesemiconductor light-emitting device 51, whereby a light-emitting surfaceis made larger. It is noted that in FIG. 18(A), surfaces 59 a and 59 band a surface opposite to the surface 59 b which are formed of thetransparent or translucent resin 59 shall be the light-emitting surface.However, although the chip-type semiconductor light-emitting device 51can make the light-emitting surface larger, a mirror finish of thesurface 59 a makes it difficult to manufacture the light-emittingdevice.

[0006] More specifically, when manufacturing the chip-type semiconductorlight-emitting device 51, a successive substrate 61 successively formedwith the substrates 53 and a successive case 63 successively formed withthe cases 57 are utilized so as to manufacture about a thousand ofchip-type semiconductor light-emitting devices at a time. First, thesuccessive substrate 61 and the successive case 63 are adhered to eachother, a cross section is shown in FIG. 19(A). In FIGS. 19(A) to 19(c),although the successive substrate 61 is shown so as to extend only in alateral direction, the successive substrate 61 also extends in adirection perpendicular to the paper sheet. Meanwhile, members 63 aincluded in the successive case 63 are formed with predeterminedintervals in a lateral direction, and a cross section of the member 63 ais formed in a T-character form. Furthermore, the successive case 63extends in a direction perpendicular to the paper sheet similarly to thesuccessive substrate 61. In other words, the member 63 a is formed in astick form so that a cross section thereof becomes a T-character form.It is noted that the members 63 a are connected to each other at an endportion not shown, and the successive case 63 is thus formed.

[0007] After the successive substrate 61 and the successive case 63 areadhered to each other, a metal mold 71 is attached thereto as shown inFIG. 19(B), and the transparent or translucent resin 59 is, in turn,injected as shown in FIG. 19(C). When the transparent or translucentresin 59 is hardened, the metal mold 71 is detached, and then, dicing isperformed at a portion shown by a dotted line in FIG. 19(C). Meanwhile,dicing is performed at every width of the device in a direction parallelto the paper sheet. Thus, a plurality of chip-type semiconductorlight-emitting devices 51 can be obtained. The surface 59 a forming thelight emitting surface is subjected to a mirror finish by a metalsurface of a convex portion 71 a of the metal mold 71.

[0008] However, since there is a need to fit the convex portion 71 a ofthe metal mold 71 into a space 73 of approximately 0.3 to 0.5 mm betweenrespective members 63 a, it makes difficult to position the metal mold71. Furthermore, the convex portion 71 a is so thin that it is liable tobe damaged. In addition, the metal mold 71 needs to be removed after thetransparent or translucent resin 59 is hardened, and a friction makes itdifficult to pull out the metal mold 71. Since the surface 19 a shown inFIG. 18(A) is subjected to the mirror finish, the light outputted formthe LED chip 55 is refracted therefrom, and alight-emitting intensity inthe side surface direction is thus decreased.

[0009] Furthermore, as can be understood from FIGS. 18(A) and 18(B),because the case 57 has a small area to be brought into contact with thesubstrate 53, and they are formed of different materials, it causes adecrease in adhesion between the case 57 and the transparent ortranslucent resin 59. Due to this, the case 57 can be separated byexternal shock with ease. In addition, since the LED chip 55 isdie-bonded onto the electrode 53 a by the DB paste 61, the lower part(base) of the LED chip 55 is covered by the DB paste 61. Therefore, thelight outputted from the base portion of the LED chip 55 is blocked bythe DB paste 61, and a light-emitting efficiency is thus decreased.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0010] Therefore, it is a primary object of the present invention toprovide a side-emission type semiconductor light-emitting device capableof improving a light-emitting intensity, and a manufacturing methodthereof.

[0011] It is another object of the present invention to provide aside-emission type semiconductor light-emitting device capable ofpreventing a case from being separated, and a manufacturing methodthereof.

[0012] It is another object of the present invention to provide aside-emission type semiconductor light-emitting device capable ofimproving a light-emitting efficiency in a desired light-emittingdirection.

[0013] A side-emission type semiconductor light-emitting deviceaccording to the present invention comprises: a substrate formed with anelectrode; an LED chip bonded onto the electrode; and a transparent ortranslucent resin with which the LED chip is molded, wherein thetransparent or translucent resin has a light-emitting surface formed bya roughened surface being perpendicular to the substrate. Forming thelight-emitting surface perpendicular to the substrate by a roughenedsurface, a light outputted by the LED chip is scattered by thelight-emitting surface, whereby light-emitting intensity is improved. Itis preferable dicing is utilized to form the light-emitting surface.

[0014] A manufacturing method of a side-emission type semiconductorlight-emitting device according to the present invention comprises thefollowing steps of: (a) mounting two reflectors having openings opposedwith each other on a substrate mounted with an LED chip; (b) injecting atransparent or translucent resin at an opposing portion of the openings;and (c) dicing the transparent or translucent resin being hardened andthe substrate at the opposing portion. In the side-emission typesemiconductor light-emitting device manufactured, a dicing surface ofthe transparent or translucent resin shall be a light-emitting surface.Dicing makes the light-emitting surface a roughened surface, whereby alight outputted from the LED chip is scattered from the light-emittingsurface. Due to this, the light-emitting intensity is improved.

[0015] A side-emission type semiconductor light-emitting deviceaccording to the present invention comprises: a substrate formed with anelectrode; an LED chip bonded onto the substrate; a transparent ortranslucent resin with which the LED chip is molded; and a reflectorwhich reflects a light emitted from the LED chip, wherein thetransparent or translucent resin has a convex portion, and the reflectorhas a concave portion to be fitted into the convex portion. By fittingthe convex portion into the concave portion, the transparent ortranslucent resin and the reflector are integrated to each other, andthe reflector is thus never separated with ease.

[0016] If the concave portion is made as a throughole becoming largerfrom one main surface to other main surface of the reflector, even if anexternal force from the one main surface to the other main surface isapplied to the reflector, the reflector is not easily fallen.Preferably, the one main surface is a surface brought into contact withthe transparent or translucent resin, and the other main surface is asurface exposed to the outside. In a case the LED chip has a bondingwire extending from an upper surface of the chip, by forming the concaveportion directly above the LED chip, the bonding wire can be housed inthe concave portion, and therefore, it is possible to restrain theheight of the side-emission type semiconductor light-emitting device.

[0017] A manufacturing method of a side-emission type semiconductorlight-emitting device according to the present invention comprises thefollowing steps of: (a) mounting a reflector formed with a concaveportion on a substrate; (b) removing an organic matter adhering on asurface, including an inner surface of the concave portion, of thereflector; and (c) injecting a transparent or translucent resin betweenthe reflector and the substrate up to the concave portion. By removingthe organic matter, the transparent or translucent resin is easilyentered into the concave portion, and adhesion between the reflector andthe transparent or translucent resin is thus increased. By integratingthe reflector with the transparent or translucent resin, it is possibleto prevent the detachment of the reflector. It is preferable that a UVcleaning is utilized to remove the organic matter.

[0018] A side-emission type semiconductor light-emitting deviceaccording to the present invention comprises: a substrate formed with anelectrode; and an LED chip bonded onto the electrode by a bonding paste,wherein the LED chip has a transparent or translucent base and alight-emitting layer formed thereon, and is mounted at a positiondeviated from an application position of the bonding paste to a lightemitting surface side. A light outputted from the light-emitting layeris outputted from the light-emitting surface through the transparent ortranslucent base. Since the LED chip is bonded onto the positiondeviated from the application position of the bonding paste to thelight-emitting surface side, the base is not covered by the bondingpaste, and a light-emitting efficiency is thus improved.

[0019] It is preferable that the electrode includes an application areahaving a center deviated from a mounted position of the LED chip to anopposite direction of the light-emitting surface, whereby it is possibleto determine the application position of the bonding paste with ease.More preferably, the electrode includes an auxiliary area formed closerto the light-emitting surface side than the application area and anarrow connecting portion connecting the application area and theauxiliary area. By forming the auxiliary area, the LED chip is securelybonded onto the electrode. Furthermore, by connecting the applicationarea and the auxiliary area with the narrow connecting portion, thebonding paste applied to the application area never enters the auxiliaryare with ease. If the center of the application area is deviated fromthe center of the substrate to the opposite direction, the mountedposition of the LED chip can be made at the same position asconventional position.

[0020] The above described objects and other objects, features, aspectsand advantages of the present invention will become more apparent fromthe following detailed description of the present invention when takenin conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021]FIG. 1 is an illustrative view showing one embodiment of thepresent invention;

[0022]FIG. 2(A) is a cross-sectional view of a light-emitting device ata line IIA-IIA shown in FIG. 1;

[0023]FIG. 2(B) is a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting deviceat a line IIB-IIB shown in FIG. 1;

[0024]FIG. 3(A) is an illustrative view showing a successive substrateand successive case used for manufacturing the light-emitting deviceshown in FIG. 1;

[0025]FIG. 3(B) is an illustrative view showing a laminated body inwhich the successive case adheres to the successive substrate;

[0026]FIG. 4(A) is an illustrative view showing a step to manufacturethe laminated body;

[0027]FIG. 4(B) is an illustrative view showing a step to apply a metalmold to the laminated body;

[0028]FIG. 4(C) is an illustrative view showing a step to inject atransparent or translucent resin into the laminated body applied withthe metal mold;

[0029]FIG. 4(D) is an illustrative view showing a step to make dicing onthe laminated body;

[0030]FIG. 5 is an illustrative view showing another embodiment of thepresent invention;

[0031]FIG. 6(A) is a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting deviceat a line VIA-VIA shown in FIG. 5;

[0032]FIG. 6(B) is a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting deviceat a line VIB-VIB shown in FIG. 5.

[0033]FIG. 7(A) is an illustrative view showing a successive substrateand a successive case used for manufacturing the light-emitting deviceshown in FIG. 5;

[0034]FIG. 7(B) is an illustrative view showing a laminated body inwhich the successive case adheres to the successive substrate;

[0035]FIG. 8(A) is an illustrative view showing a step to manufacturethe laminated body;

[0036]FIG. 8(B) is an illustrative view showing a step to apply a metalmold to the laminated body;

[0037]FIG. 8(C) is an illustrative view showing a step to inject atransparent or translucent resin into the laminated body applied withthe metal mold;

[0038]FIG. 8(D) is an illustrative view showing a step to making dicingon the laminated body;

[0039]FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a modified example of thelight-emitting device shown in FIG. 5;

[0040]FIG. 10 is an illustrative view showing another embodiment of thepresent invention;

[0041]FIG. 11(A) is a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting deviceat a line XA-XA shown in FIG. 10;

[0042]FIG. 11(B) is a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting deviceat a line XB-XB shown in FIG. 10;

[0043]FIG. 12 is an illustrative view showing an LED chip shown in FIG.11;

[0044]FIG. 13(A) is an illustrative view when the LED chip and a DBpaste bonded onto an electrode are viewed from the upper side;

[0045]FIG. 13(B) is an illustrative view when the LED chip and the DBpaste bonded onto the electrode are viewed from a light-emitting surface(front side);

[0046]FIG. 13(C) is an illustrative view when the LED chip and the DBpaste bonded onto the electrode are viewed from the side surface;

[0047]FIG. 13(D) is an illustrative view when the LED chip and the DBpaste bonded onto the electrode are viewed from an opposite side (backsurface) of the light-emitting surface;

[0048]FIG. 14(A) is an illustrative view showing one example of theelectrode formed on the substrate;

[0049]FIG. 14(B) is an illustrative view showing a state that the LEDchip is mounted on the electrode;

[0050]FIG. 15(A) is an illustrative view showing a successive substrateand a successive case utilized in the light-emitting device shown inFIG. 10;

[0051]FIG. 15(B) is an illustrative view showing a laminated body inwhich the successive case adheres to the successive substrate;

[0052]FIG. 16(A) is an illustrative view showing a step to manufacturethe laminated body;

[0053]FIG. 16(B) is an illustrative view showing a step to apply a metalmold to the laminated body;

[0054]FIG. 16(C) is an illustrative view showing a step to inject atransparent or translucent resin into the laminated body applied withthe metal mold;

[0055]FIG. 16(D) is an illustrative view showing a step to make dicingon the laminated body;

[0056]FIG. 17(A) is an illustrative view showing one example of aconventional side-emission type semiconductor light-emitting device;

[0057]FIG. 17(B) is a cross-sectional view of the side-emission typesemiconductor light-emitting device at a line XVIB-XVIB shown in FIG.17(A);

[0058]FIG. 18(A) is an illustrative view showing one example of aside-emission type semiconductor light-emitting device as a backgroundart of the present invention;

[0059]FIG. 18(B) is a cross-sectional view of the side-emission typesemiconductor light-emitting device at the line XVIIB-XVIIB shown inFIG. 18(A);

[0060]FIG. 19(A) is an illustrative view showing a step to bond asuccessive case to a successive substrate when manufacturing theside-emission type semiconductor light-emitting device shown in FIG.18(A);

[0061]FIG. 19(B) is an illustrative view showing a step to apply a metalmold to the successive case bonded to the successive substrate; and

[0062]FIG. 19(C) is an illustrative view showing a step to inject atransparent or translucent resin into the successive case applied withthe metal mold.

BEST FORM FOR PRACTICING THE INVENTION

[0063] Referring to FIG. 1, a side-emission type semiconductorlight-emitting device (hereinafter referred merely to as “light-emittingdevice”) 10 of this embodiment includes an insulating substrate(hereinafter referred merely to as “substrate”) 12 formed of a glassepoxy or the like. On the substrate 12, a reflector (case) 14 formed ofa resin having opacity and reflectivity is provided. The substrate 12 isprovided with electrodes 18 a and 18 b, and as can be understood fromFIG. 2(A) of cross-sectional view at a line IIA-IIA in FIG. 1, asemiconductor light-emitting element (LED chip) 20 is die-bonded ontothe electrode 18 a by a DB paste (not shown). Meanwhile, as can beunderstood from FIG. 2(B) of a cross-sectional view at a line IIB-IIB inFIG. 1, the electrode 18 b and the LED chip 20 are electricallyconnected with each other by a bonding wire 22 such as a gold wire andetc.

[0064] The electrode 18 a is formed to extend from a front side to abackside of the substrate 12 via a throughole 12 a provided on a sidesurface of the substrate, and is structured to be directly mounted onthe printed board (not shown) so as to be electrically connectedthereto. Although not illustrated, the electrode 18 b is structured inthe same or similar manner. A space between the substrate 12 and thecase 14 is charged or filled with a transparent or translucent resin 16such as an epoxy resin or the like with which the LED chip 20 is molded.

[0065] It is noted that although each of the electrodes 18 a and 18 b isshown with a thickness in FIG. 1 and FIGS. 2(A) and 2(B), they areactually formed in a thin-film form. Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 1, thethroughole 12 a is covered by the electrode 18 a at the front side ofthe substrate 12, whereby it is possible to prevent the transparent ortranslucent resin 16 from flowing into the backside of the substrate 12during molding. Although not shown, the electrode 18 b is structured inthe same or similar manner.

[0066] As can be understood from FIGS. 2(A) and 2(B), the bonding wire22 is bonded in a direction approximately parallel to a width directionW of the light-emitting device 10. Meanwhile, light-emitting surfacesare surfaces 16 a, 16 b and a surface opposite to the surface 16 b, andare formed of the transparent or translucent resin 16. Furthermore, thelight-emitting surfaces are perpendicular to the substrate 12, and eachof which is formed by a roughened surface. Due to this, a lightoutputted from the LED chip 20 and a light reflected by the case 14 arescattered by the light-emitting surfaces. In other words, alight-emitting area is substantially enlarged, and a light-emittingintensity is improved.

[0067] Referring to FIG. 3(A), a successive substrate 30 is a substratewhich is formed with a plurality of substrates 12 successively, and asuccessive case 32 is a case which is formed with a plurality of cases14 successively. These successive substrate 30 and successive case 32are utilized to manufacture the light-emitting device 10. The successivesubstrate 30 is, although not shown, formed with sets of the electrodes18 a and 18 b in correspondence to the number of light-emitting devices10 (approximately one thousand as in this embodiment) to bemanufactured, and is bonded with the LED chips 20 in correspondence tothe number of light-emitting devices 10 to be manufactured.

[0068] The successive case 32 is laminated on the successive substrate30 as shown in FIG. 3(B), and a laminated body 34 can be thus obtained.As can be understood from FIG. 4(A) of a cross sectional view at a lineIVA-IVA in FIG. 3(B), a cross section of a member 32 a included in thesuccessive case 32 is formed in a T-character form, and a plurality ofmembers 32 a are formed in a lateral direction with predeterminedintervals. Meanwhile, the member 32 a is formed to be successive in adirection perpendicular to the paper sheet. That is, the member 32 a isformed in a stick form so that a cross section is a T-character form. Itis noted that as can be understood from FIG. 3(A), respective members 32a are connected at their end portions, whereby a single successive case32 is formed. Furthermore, the successive case 32 is adhered to thesuccessive substrate 30 at a portion corresponding to a base or bottomof a vertical line of T-character.

[0069] When the laminated body 34 is obtained, the successive case 32 issubjected to a UV cleaning. More specifically, an ultraviolet ray isradiated for a predetermined time period (e.g. 3 minutes) in a statethat the successive case 32 is adhered to the successive substrate 30.Such the UV cleaning can remove organic matter adhered to a surface ofthe successive case 32 (case 14), and can improve adhesion between thecase 14 and the transparent or translucent resin 16. In other words, abonded state between the organic matter and the case 14 is released, andit makes easy to connect or combine the transparent or translucent resin16 injected and the case 14. After finishing the UV cleaning, thetransparent or translucent resin 16 is injected into a portion (opposedportion) 38 that openings 40 each being formed by the successivesubstrate 30 and the successive case 32 are opposite to each other.

[0070] More specifically, a metal mold 36 formed in a flat plate form asshown in FIG. 4(B) is applied or attached to a top surface of thesuccessive case 32, and the transparent or translucent resin 16 isinjected into the opposed portion 38 as shown in FIG. 4(C). Afterfinishing the injection, the transparent or translucent resin 16 ishardened, and the metal mold 36 is, in turn, removed from the successivecase 32. The laminated body 34 being charged or filled with thetransparent or translucent resin 16 is subjected to dicing by a dicingsaw (not shown) at a position indicated by a dotted line in FIG. 4(C).As can be understood from FIG. 4(D) of a cross-sectional view at a lineIVD-IVD of FIG. 3(B) which illustrates a state the transparent ortranslucent resin 16 has injected, the laminated body 34 is subjected todicing every width of the case 14 (light-emitting device 10), wherebythe light-emitting device 10 shown in FIG. 1 can be obtained in plural.Since a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting device 10 is formedby dicing, a light-emitting surface is formed with minute concavity andconvexity in correspondence to roughness of a blade of the dicing saw. Alight outputted from the LED chip 20 is scattered from thelight-emitting surface by the minute concavity and the convexity.

[0071] According to this embodiment, since a light-emitting surfaceimproved in scattering of light is formed by dicing, it is possible toimprove a light-emitting intensity with ease. Accordingly, in a case thelight-emitting device is applied to a backlight of an LCD provided onelectrical equipment and etc., it is possible to decrease the number ofthe light-emitting devices. In addition, since the metal mold utilizedin injecting the transparent or translucent resin is in a flat plateform, it is easy to manufacture a metal mold.

[0072] Referring to FIG. 5, since a light-emitting device 10 of anotherembodiment is the same or similar to the device shown by FIGS. 1 to 4except for that a throughole (hereinafter referred merely to as “hole”)24 is provided on an upper surface of the case 24, a duplicateddescription will be omitted here as much as possible. As can beunderstood from FIG. 5 and FIGS. 6(A) and 6(B), the case 14 is formedwith the throughole 24 on its top plate 14 a. The hole 24 has a shapethat a truncated corn is turned upside down, and a diameter thereofbecomes larger from a lower surface to an upper surface of the top plate14 a. In addition, the hole 24 is charged or filled with the transparentor translucent resin 16, and the case 14 and the transparent ortranslucent resin 16 are thus integrated to each other. In other words,the transparent or translucent resin 16 and the case 14 are integratedwith each other in such a manner that a convex portion formed on theresin 16 is fitted into a concave portion formed on the case 14 (i.e.hole 24), whereby both of them are integrated to each other.

[0073] Such the light-emitting device 10 is manufactured in the same orsimilar manner to the embodiments of FIGS. 1 to 4. Specifically, asshown in FIG. 7(A), a successive case 32 formed with a plurality ofholes 24 is laminated on a successive substrate 30, whereby a laminatedbody 34 shown in FIG. 7(B) is formed. At this time, as can be understoodfrom FIG. 8(A) of a cross-sectional view at a line VIIIA-VIIIA in FIG.7(B), a top portion of a bonding wire 22 is housed in the hole 24. Whenthe laminated body 34 is obtained after a UV cleaning for apredetermined time, a metal mold 36 is applied to the successive case 32as shown in FIG. 8(B), and then, a transparent or translucent resin 16is injected into the successive case 32 as shown in FIG. 8(C). When theresin 16 is hardened, the laminated body 34 is subjected to dicing asshown in FIG. 8(D), and a plurality of light-emitting devices 10 arethus obtained.

[0074] According to this embodiment, by forming the hole 24 on the case14 and by injecting the transparent or translucent resin 16 into thehole 24, the case 14 and the transparent or translucent resin 16 areintegrally formed. Due to this, even if a force is applied to the case14 in the width direction W of the light-emitting device 10 shown inFIG. 5, the convex portion 16 c of the transparent or translucent resin16 functions as a stopper, and detachment of the case 14 is thusprevented. Furthermore, since the diameter of the hole 24 is made largertoward upper direction, even if a force is applied in an upper directionH in FIG. 5, the case 14 is never separated.

[0075] In addition, although the diameter of the hole 24 is made largertoward the upper surface of the top plate 14 a so that it makesdifficult to enter the transparent or translucent resin 16 into the hole24, because of the improvement in adhesion between the transparent ortranslucent resin 16 and the case 14 by UV cleaning, the transparent ortranslucent resin 16 is easily intruded into the hole 24.

[0076] Furthermore, since the hole 24 is formed directly above the LEDchip 20, a top 22 a of the boding wire 22 extending from the uppersurface of the chip is housed within the hole 24. Due to this, even ifthe height of the case 14 is made lower, the bonding wire 22 is neverbrought into contact with the case 14, and therefore, it is possible toprevent disconnection of the bonding wire 22 when attaching the case 14.In addition, since the light-emitting device 10 can be formed in a thintype (thinner than above-described light-guide plate), the lightoutputted from the LED chip 20 is efficiently incident on thelight-guide plate.

[0077] Furthermore, since a light outputted through the hole 24 tooutside enables lighting test of the light-emitting device 10, alighting test apparatus for an upper-emission type semiconductorlight-emitting device can be applied to the light-emitting device 10 ofthis embodiment. In other words, there is no need to provide anothertest apparatus, and there is no need to change positions of opticalsensors provided on the test apparatus. In the lighting test, an amountof the light-emission from the light-emitting surface (side surfaces)may be evaluated by multiplying a ratio of an area of the light-emittingsurface and an area of the hole 24 by an amount of the light-emissionfrom the hole 24.

[0078] It is noted that in this embodiment the hole is formed in a shapethat a truncated corn is turned upside down, but such a hole may formedin a shape that a truncated corn is put upside up, i.e. in upwarddirection as shown in FIG. 9. In other words, a diameter of the hole maybe made smaller toward the upper direction. In a case a hole has a formshown in FIG. 5 embodiment, when a large force is applied in the upperdirection H, a convex portion of a transparent or translucent resin isbroken, and therefore, there is a fear disconnection of a wire mightoccur. In contrast, when a hole is formed to become smaller toward theupper direction, even if a case is separated by a large force in theupper direction, the disconnection of a bonding wire can be avoided.

[0079] Furthermore, if it is required only the adhesion between the caseand the transparent or translucent resin is improved, the hole may beformed in a cylindrical form. However, when detaching the metal mold forforming the case, since friction of a portion brought into contact withthe hole becomes larger, it is difficult to pull out the metal mold, andthere is a fear that the successive case might be damaged. Accordingly,in this embodiment, a hole of tapered form that a diameter becomeslarger toward the upper direction is formed in order to solve theseproblems.

[0080] In addition, in this embodiment, although the UV cleaning is madeon the case (successive case), plasma cleaning and sputtering cleaningmay be used to remove the organic matter; however, in the examinationperformed by the inventor, the UV cleaning made adhesion best, and inaddition, the plasma cleaning and the sputtering cleaning have a problemthat a vacuum system is needed, and thus the cleaning appratus itself isexpensive.

[0081] Furthermore, although a whole surface of the case (successivecase) including an inner surface is cleaned in this embodiment, if atleast the inner surface of the hole is cleaned, it is possible to enteror intrude the transparent or translucent resin into the hole.

[0082] Referring to FIG. 10, since a light-emitting device 10 of anotherembodiment is the same or similar to that of FIGS. 1 to 4 except that anelectrode 18 a is formed as shown in FIG. 14(A), a duplicate descriptionwill be omitted as much as possible. It is noted since in thisembodiment a relative position between a DB paste and an LED chip has aspecial significance, and therefore, a DB paste is particularlyillustrated by giving a reference numeral “26”. The DB paste 26 isillustrated by utilizing slant lines in FIG. 11(A), FIG. 11(B), FIG. 12,and FIGS. 13(A) to 13(D), but it is noted that the slant lines nevershow a cross-section.

[0083] As shown in FIG. 12, the LED chip 20 includes a p-type electrode(bonding pad) 20 a to be connected to the bonding wire 22 and an n-typeelectrode 20 e to be connected to the electrode 18 a. The n-typeelectrode 20 e is formed by a thin film similarly to the electrodes 18 aand 18 b. The LED chip 20 includes a p layer 20 b, a light-emittinglayer 20 c and an n layer 20 d which are laminated on the n-typeelectrode 20 e in an order of the n layer 20 d, the light-emitting layer20 c and the p layer 20 b. Each of the p layer 20 b and the n layer 20 dis formed of a translucent or transparent semiconductor GaAs.Furthermore, the n-type electrode 20 e is formed of a copper thin filmor the like having reflectivity. Due to this, a light emitted from thelight-emitting layer 20 c is outputted to an outside of the LED chip 20through the p layer 20 b and the n layer 20 d. Furthermore, a lightemitted below the light-emitting device 20 c is reflected from a surfaceof the n-type electrode 20 e and outputted to the outside of the LEDchip 20 via the n layer 20 d.

[0084] Accordingly, in a case the LED chip 20 is die-bonded onto theelectrode 18 a by the DB paste 26, a base 20 f including the n layer 20d and the n-type electrode 20 e is covered with the DB paste 26, and thelight outputted through the n layer 20 d is thus blocked by the DB paste26. For avoiding this, in this embodiment by die-bonding the LED chip 20onto the position shown in FIGS. 13(A) to 13(D), a light in alight-emitting direction P can be utilized at maximum.

[0085] In other words, as shown in FIG. 13(A), the LED chip 20 isdie-bonded onto the electrode 18 a in a state that it is deviated from acenter of the DB paste 26 to the downward direction (light-emittingdirection P). Accordingly, when viewing the LED chip 20 from the side ofthe light-emitting surface 16 a, a portion covered by the DB paste 26 isdecreased at the light-emitting direction P side of the LED chip 20.Meanwhile, when viewing the LED chip 20 from a side opposing to thesurface 16 b, as shown in FIG. 13(C), an amount of the DB paste 26 iscontinuously decreased from the center of the DB paste 26 toward thelight-emitting direction P. Furthermore, when viewing the LED chip 20from a side opposing to the surface 16 a, as shown in FIG. 13(D), thebase 20 f of the LED chip 20 is covered with the DB paste 26. This isbecause the surface opposing to the light-emitting surface 16 a iscloser to the center of the DB paste 26, and the DB paste 26 increasesin amount.

[0086] In this manner, since the LED chip 20 is mounted in a state thatit is deviated from the center of the DB paste 26 to the light-emittingsurface 16 a side, the electrode 18 a shown in FIG. 14(A) is formed.According to FIG. 14(A), the electrode 18 a includes an application area28 a to which the DB paste 26 is to be applied and an auxiliary area 28b. The application area 28 a is circular in shape, and a center Y isdeviated from a center X of the substrate 12 toward the left (directionopposite to the light-emitting direction P). Meanwhile, the auxiliaryarea 28 b is vertically-long rectangular in shape and formed at a rightside (light-emitting direction P) of the application area 28 a.Furthermore, the application area 28 a and the auxiliary area 28 b areconnected to each other with a narrow connecting portion 28 c.

[0087] When the DB paste 26 is dropped on the center Y of theapplication area 28 a, the DB paste 26 spreads in approximatelycircular. As shown in FIG. 14(B), the LED chip 20 is mounted on thecenter X of the substrate 12. Due to this, a surface at a side of thelight-emitting surface 16 a of the LED chip 20 is never covered with theDB paste 26, and it is possible to prevent the light outputted to thelight-emitting direction P from being blocked by the DB paste 26.Furthermore, by providing the auxiliary area 28 b, it is possible toreliably connect the LED chip 20 to the electrode 18 a. It is noted thatin FIGS. 14(A) and 14(B), illustration of the DB paste 26 will beomitted to simply show the electrode 18.

[0088] A size of the application area 28 a depends on an applicationamount and viscosity of the DB paste 26, and as the size of theapplication area 28 a is determined, the position (center Y) of theapplication area 28 a is also determined. Since the application area 28a and the auxiliary area 28 b are connected (jointed) by the connectingportion 28 c, it is possible to prevent the DB paste 26 from enteringthe auxiliary area 28 b. That is, it is possible to decrease the amountof the DB paste 26 at the side of the light-emitting surface 16 a.

[0089] Such the light-emitting device 10 is manufactured in the same orsimilar manner to the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 4. That is, as shown inFIG. 15(A), the successive case 32 is laminated on the successivesubstrate 30, and the laminated body 34 shown in FIGS. 15(B) and 16(A)is, in turn, formed. When the laminated body 34 is formed, after UVcleaning for a predetermined time period, the metal mold 36 is appliedto the successive case 32 as shown in FIG. 16(B), and the transparent ortranslucent resin 16 is injected into the successive case 32 as shown inFIG. 16(C). When the transparent or translucent resin 16 is hardened,the laminated body 34 is subjected to dicing at a portion shown by adotted line in FIG. 16(D), and a plurality of light-emitting devices 10are thus obtained.

[0090] According to this embodiment, since the mounted position of theLED chip 20 is deviated from the center Y of the DB paste 26 to thelight-emitting surface 16 a side, the light-emitting side of the LEDchip 20 is never covered with the DB paste 26. In other words, because alight outputted to a desired direction is never blocked by the DB paste,it is possible to improve a light-emitting efficiency.

[0091] It is noted that an electrode is not limited to the shape shownin FIG. 14(A), and it is appropriate that a shape can determine anapplication position of the DB paste uniquely. Furthermore, if anelectrode is formed as in FIG. 14(A) and an application position of a DBpaste is changed, it is possible to manufacture the light-emittingdevice of this embodiment utilizing a conventional manufacturing device.

[0092] Although the present invention has been described and illustratedin detail, it is clearly understood that the same is by way ofillustration and example only and is not to be taken by way oflimitation, the spirit and scope of the present invention being limitedonly by the terms of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A side-emission type semiconductor light-emittingdevice, comprising: a substrate formed with an electrode; an LED chipbonded onto said electrode; and a transparent or translucent resin withwhich said LED chip is molded, wherein said transparent or translucentresin has a light-emitting surface formed by a roughened surface beingperpendicular to said substrate.
 2. A side-emission type semiconductorlight-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein said light-emittingsurface is formed by dicing.
 3. A manufacturing method of aside-emission type semiconductor light-emitting device, comprising thefollowing steps of: (a) mounting two reflectors having openings opposedwith each other on a substrate mounted with an LED chip; (b) injecting atransparent or translucent resin at an opposing portion of saidopenings; and (c) dicing said transparent or translucent resin beinghardened and said substrate at said opposing portion.
 4. A side-emissiontype semiconductor light-emitting device, comprising: a substrate formedwith an electrode; an LED chip bonded onto said substrate; a transparentor translucent resin with which said LED chip is molded; and a reflectorwhich reflects a light emitted from said LED chip, wherein saidtransparent or translucent resin has a convex portion, and saidreflector has a concave portion to be fitted into said convex portion.5. A side-emission type semiconductor light-emitting device according toclaim 4, wherein said concave portion is a throughole having a diameterwhich becomes larger from one main surface to other main surface of saidreflector.
 6. A side-emission type semiconductor light-emitting deviceaccording to claim 5, wherein said one main surface is a surface broughtinto contact with said transparent or translucent resin, and said othermain surface is a surface exposed to outside.
 7. A side-emission typesemiconductor light-emitting device according to any one of claims 4 to6, wherein said LED chip has a bonding wire extending from a topsurface, and said concave portion is formed directly above said LEDchip.
 8. A manufacturing method of a side-emission type semiconductorlight-emitting device, comprising the following steps of: (a) mounting areflector formed with a concave portion on a substrate; (b) removing anorganic matter adhering to a surface, including an inner surface of saidconcave portion, of said reflector; and (c) injecting a transparent ortranslucent resin between said reflector and said substrate up to saidconcave portion.
 9. A manufacturing method of a side-emission typesemiconductor light-emitting device according to claim 8, wherein saidreflector is subjected to UV cleaning in the step (b).
 10. Aside-emission type semiconductor light-emitting device, comprising: asubstrate formed with an electrode; and an LED chip which is bonded ontosaid electrode by a bonding paste, wherein said LED chip has atransparent or translucent base and a light-emitting layer formedthereon, and is mounted on a position deviated from an applicationposition of said bonding paste to a light emitting surface side.
 11. Aside-emission type semiconductor light-emitting device according toclaim 10, wherein said electrode includes an application area having acenter deviated from a mounted position of said LED chip to an oppositedirection of said light-emitting surface.
 12. A side-emission typesemiconductor light-emitting device according to claim 11, wherein saidelectrode further includes an auxiliary area formed closer to saidlight-emitting surface side than said application area and a narrowconnecting portion connecting said application area and said auxiliaryarea.
 13. A side-emission type semiconductor light-emitting deviceaccording to claim 11 or 12, wherein a center of said application areais deviated from a center of said substrate to said opposite direction.